Slow Cooker Root Beer Pulled Pork

This Slow Cooker Root Beer Pulled Pork recipe is sweet, tangy, and completely delicious.

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It’s perfect for entertaining, and the root beer barbecue sauce alone is worth the make!

Ingredients

– Boneless pork butt Boston butt – Root beer – Apple cider vinegar – Root Beer – Ketchup SERVING SIZE: 12 pax SERVING SIZE: 12 pax TOTAL PREP TIME: 11 hours TOTAL PREP TIME: 11 hours Get Recipe

NOTE: If you have not used a spice rub before, don’t be intimidated by the number of spices in the rub. Get Recipe

Step-by-step instructions!

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Coat each pork piece with spice rub. Place pork pieces into slow cooker insert, cover and refrigerate overnight.

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When ready to cook, remove plastic wrap and place slow cooker insert onto base.

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Pour root beer over pork, cover, and cook on LOW until pork is tender, 8-10 hours.

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Carefully move pork to foil-lined cookie sheet. Using forks shred pork into large chunks.

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Discard extra fat from the pulled pork. Cool pork while you make root beer barbecue sauce.

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